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Moderation a virtue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate…Moderation a vertue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate…
Moderation a virtue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate divines and laity of the Church of England represented in some late immoderate discourses, under the nick-names of Grindalizers and Trimmers / by a lover of moderation, resident upon his cure ; with an appendix, demonstrating that parish-churches are no conventicles ... in answer to a late pamphlet entitled, Parish-churches turned into conventicles, &c.Moderation a vertue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate divines and laity of the Church of England represented in some late immoderate discourses, under the nick-names of Grindalizers and Trimmers / by a lover of moderation, resident upon his cure ; with an appendix, demonstrating that parish-churches are no conventicles ... in answer to a late pamphlet entitled, Parish-churches turned into conventicles, &c.
London: printed for Jonathan Robinson, 1683
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Nor, 2. With himself, which is intimate, impartial, frequent, as having Work enough.
But, 3. With others.
And in his Conversation with others, in what Place, Rank, or Calling soever he is placed, he labours to govern himself according to the Rule of his Calling in general, as a Christian, according to the Gospel; and of his particular Calling, whatsoever that is. And he is a Man that minds his own Business, and is no Busy-Body in other Mens Matters, and acts from a threefold Principle, 1. Of Self-denial, 2. Of Charity, 3. Of Righteousness.
1. He leads his Life according to the Principle of Self-denial. If Self be in the Scale, the Hand of Moderation can never hold the Balance even, but when Self is denied. He desires only so much of the World, as may help him in his Duty and Way towards Heaven, neither Poverty nor Riches, but Food convenient. He stands in no Man's way that climbs for Preferment, envies no Man in it, jostles no Man out of it. He modestly refuseth what others ambitiously seek, and soberly useth what others abuse. Ambition makes him neither Head of a Faction, nor Emulation to follow a Party. He serves no Interest in the World, but God's. He knows he should have the